Understanding Ellen White’s Theology: Perfection and Obedience
The Compass Magazine - Qua 30 Jun 2021 21:30:20 EDT - 39You can’t get very far into Ellen White without coming across a statement on perfection or obedience. To some people (including myself in the past) these statements can be troubling because they can seem very legalistic. Here are a few su...
Ellen G. White: Messenger to God’s End-Time People, Part 1
The Compass Magazine - Qua 30 Jun 2021 21:30:19 EDT - 38Worldwide Influence How did a fledgling movement in the 1840s transform into the worldwide Seventh day Adventist church with hundreds of schools, hospitals, and printing presses scattered all over the globe? How did those early Millerite be...
Should We Always Obey Our Political Leaders?
The Compass Magazine - Qua 30 Jun 2021 21:30:18 EDT - 31“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.” (Romans 13:1) This text by Paul is one of the most contentious in all history. It has been used by court jeste...
Ellen G. White: Messenger to God’s End-Time People, Part 2
The Compass Magazine - Qua 30 Jun 2021 21:30:18 EDT - 421888 and Righteousness by Faith In 1888, Ellen White had just returned from her first visit overseas to Europe. She had spent two years traveling through England, France, Switzerland, and other places serving primarily as an evangelist and ...
Responding to N.T. Wright on Theistic Evolution
The Compass Magazine - Sex 25 Jun 2021 01:30:24 EDT - 33A while ago, I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts: Ask NT Wright Anything. N.T. Wright is a well known Anglican minister, scholar, and author whose theological views I greatly value. His insights are biblically based and often his...
A. G. Daniells: The Administrative Extraordinaire
The Compass Magazine - Sáb 12 Jun 2021 01:31:12 EDT - 50Mr. President Arthur Grosvenor Daniells was the longest serving president the Adventist church has ever had. During his 21 years of presidency, he led the church through the reorganization of 1901 and 1903, the Kellogg crisis in the early 1...
S. N. Haskell: The Self-Made Man
The Compass Magazine - Sex 28 Mai 2021 01:30:55 EDT - 44A Man of Many Talents Stephen Nelson Haskell accomplished a great deal in his life without any formal education. He was forced from a young age to improvise when it came to job opportunities to get by in life. For over 50 years that adaptab...
W. W. Prescott: The Educational Reformer
The Compass Magazine - Sáb 22 Mai 2021 03:30:25 EDT - 43A Highly Educated Gentleman William Warren Prescott was one of the most highly educated Seventh day Adventists of his generation. He had the privilege of going to an ivy league school and used that training to serve the denomination effecti...
Reimagining Adventism: The Gift of Prophecy, Part 2
The Compass Magazine - Sáb 22 Mai 2021 03:30:24 EDT - 35“As long as the Matrix exists, the human race will never be free.” – Morpheus In the year 1999, the most influential action movie of the generation—groundbreaking and innovative in its special effects and cinematography—hit th...
A. T. Jones: Defender of Religious Liberty
The Compass Magazine - Seg 10 Mai 2021 19:30:28 EDT - 36The Pentecostal Preacher Alonzo Trevier Jones is known as one of the most powerful preachers ever to grace an Adventist pulpit. His charismatic style made him probably the most influential figure in American Adventism during the 1890s. The ...
E. J. Waggoner: The Gospel Doctor
The Compass Magazine - Qua 05 Mai 2021 19:30:35 EDT - 53The Preacher of Righteousness by Faith E. J. Waggoner’s name has become almost synonymous with the famous General Conference Session of 1888. His messages, along with those of A. T. Jones, were highly commended by Ellen White. She mad...
Conspiracy Theories: Navigating Faith and Foolishness
The Compass Magazine - Sáb 24 Abr 2021 19:30:50 EDT - 44The world is reeling under the pandemic of COVID 19. But another frustrating pandemic has emerged, somewhat more vexing and widespread—the pandemic of conspiracy theories. Many absurdly believe that individuals like Bill Gates have manufa...
John Harvey Kellogg: The Most Famous Adventist
The Compass Magazine - Sex 16 Abr 2021 19:30:56 EDT - 45Worldwide Health Reformer Corn flakes cereal is what John Harvey Kellogg is most famous for. But few realize that breakfast foods are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Kellogg’s influence in the world of health. Before many...
Sexual Immorality: The “Perfect” Sin?
The Compass Magazine - Sex 09 Abr 2021 19:30:53 EDT - 49The sexual scandal of Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias has brought to the fore many discussions and questions concerning how Christian ministries and churches should react in the face of such embarrassing revelations. A scandal of a simil...
What Story WIll You Tell?: An Easter Meditation
The Compass Magazine - Sex 02 Abr 2021 19:31:07 EDT - 47Burying Truth It was Sabbath. A sacred day of rest. But the chief priests and Pharisees had business to take care of. They had succeeded in condemning Jesus of Nazareth to a grotesque and torturous death on a cross. The chief priests and Ph...
Being Women of Legacy
The Compass Magazine - Sex 26 Mar 2021 19:31:06 EDT - 39The United Nations designates March 8, as an International Women’s Day. It is held every year in order to recognize the various achievements of women in different parts of the globe in the past, as well as in our current time. It is a d...
J. N. Loughborough: The Great Preacher of Adventist History
The Compass Magazine - Sex 26 Mar 2021 19:31:05 EDT - 49The Last Pioneer Standing J. N. Loughborough lived to be 92 years old before his death in 1924, making him the oldest pioneer who had preached the Adventist message since the 1850s. He lived to see Joseph Bates, James White, J. N. Andrews, ...
Uriah Smith: The Unmovable Defender of Historic Adventism
The Compass Magazine - Sex 19 Mar 2021 19:31:22 EDT - 125A Man Who Stuck to His Guns Uriah Smith is most famous for his book Daniel and the Revelation, which helped many Adventists understand those apocalyptic books. The volume came out in the 1870s and was revised around 20 years later by Smith....
The “Day of Small Things”: Living Life from God’s Point of View
The Compass Magazine - Sex 19 Mar 2021 19:31:22 EDT - 125For who has despised the day of small things? (Zech 4:10) Sometimes, God “thunders with his majestic voice” (Job 37:4). He sends fire or flood down from heaven and performs miracles. He speaks from a burning bush ...
J. N. Andrews: The Self-Educated Scholar
The Compass Magazine - Sex 12 Mar 2021 19:31:11 EST - 259James White’s Melanchthon The Protestant Reformation was led forth by the fiery personality of Martin Luther. More behind the scenes in those times was the scholarly Philip Melanchthon. He helped to organize Luther’s thoughts into a sys...
How Servant Leadership can Revive the Local Church
The Compass Magazine - Sex 12 Mar 2021 19:31:11 EST - 249The strategic direction of the local church has long been a major concern for church leaders. Church administrators who advocate for effective ministry do it in cognizance of the local church’s typical objectives, which serve as indic...
Video Game Review: Heroes II
The Compass Magazine - Sáb 06 Mar 2021 01:31:07 EST - 215First Impressions Trivia is one of my things. I have a tendency to pepper conversations with interesting facts that many people wouldn’t have thought twice about once they’ve heard. Trivia is the way I am wired. It is also a way that I ...
News Update: Adventist Church Releases New Bible Trivia Game App
The Compass Magazine - Sáb 06 Mar 2021 01:31:07 EST - 209A brand new digital evangelism tool aimed at reaching the world’s 2.7 billion gamers Heroes 2: The Bible Trivia Game is a free app developed by Hope Channel to share the Three Angels’ Message with gamers and young people around ...
Gamers: A Neglected Mission Field
The Compass Magazine - Sáb 06 Mar 2021 01:31:06 EST - 210There are many arguments about which fields are the most neglected fields in the world. Some would argue about people groups, countries, and even cities. But what would you do if I told you there is a field with more than 2.7 billion people...
James White: The Engine that Drove Seventh-day Adventism
The Compass Magazine - Sex 05 Mar 2021 03:30:12 EST - 149The Workhorse You would be hard pressed to find someone who did more to propel the Adventist movement forward than James White. Joseph Bates provided the theological spark, and Ellen White’s inspired messages guided the church through tro...